NURS 3120 Final Review, 2026 – Nursing Study and
Exam Preparation Material
Organizing the data collected. - correct answer ✔✔ After collecting data, the nurse begins data
analysis with which activity?
a. Documenting information from the history.
b. Organizing the data collected.
c. Reporting the data to other care providers.
d. Recording data from the physical exam.
Active listening. - correct answer ✔✔ Which communication technique conveys genuine
interest in what the patient has to say?
a. Active listening.
b. Sitting close to the patient.
c. Maintaining professional dress and conduct.
d. Holding the patient's hand during the interview.
Would you like time alone for any specific ceremonies? - correct answer ✔✔ You are caring for a
woman who died. Which statement to the family is culturally sensitive?
a. Which funeral home do you want me to call?
b. We will be moving the patient to the morgue soon.
c. Would you like time alone for any specific ceremonies?
d. Here are her personal belongings.
Ask the patient to rate their pain from the pain scale. - correct answer ✔✔ What is the most
reliable way to assess pain in a patient who is cognitively intact?
a. How often the patient asks for pain medications.
, b. Assess the patient's vital signs.
c. Ask the patient to rate their pain from the pain scale.
d. The nurse is the best judge of the patient's pain.
How have you been feeling about yourself? - correct answer ✔✔ Which question is appropriate
for a nurse to ask at the beginning of a mental health history?
a. Have you been feeling anxious or sad?
b. How have you been feeling about yourself?
c. Are you alone a lot, do you have friends?
d. How are you dealing with stressors in your life?
Do you have allergies? - correct answer ✔✔ A patient has a history of clear nasal drainage.
Which is a question you should ask?
a. Is there a foul odor coming from your nose?
b. Do you get nosebleeds?
c. Do you snore when you sleep?
d. Do you have allergies?
Vesicular. - correct answer ✔✔ Which breath sounds are expected over the posterior chest of
an adult?
a. Vesicular.
b. Bronchovesicular.
c. Bronchial.
d. Bronchoalveolar.
Wheeze. - correct answer ✔✔ Narrowing of the bronchi create which adventitious breath
sound?
Exam Preparation Material
Organizing the data collected. - correct answer ✔✔ After collecting data, the nurse begins data
analysis with which activity?
a. Documenting information from the history.
b. Organizing the data collected.
c. Reporting the data to other care providers.
d. Recording data from the physical exam.
Active listening. - correct answer ✔✔ Which communication technique conveys genuine
interest in what the patient has to say?
a. Active listening.
b. Sitting close to the patient.
c. Maintaining professional dress and conduct.
d. Holding the patient's hand during the interview.
Would you like time alone for any specific ceremonies? - correct answer ✔✔ You are caring for a
woman who died. Which statement to the family is culturally sensitive?
a. Which funeral home do you want me to call?
b. We will be moving the patient to the morgue soon.
c. Would you like time alone for any specific ceremonies?
d. Here are her personal belongings.
Ask the patient to rate their pain from the pain scale. - correct answer ✔✔ What is the most
reliable way to assess pain in a patient who is cognitively intact?
a. How often the patient asks for pain medications.
, b. Assess the patient's vital signs.
c. Ask the patient to rate their pain from the pain scale.
d. The nurse is the best judge of the patient's pain.
How have you been feeling about yourself? - correct answer ✔✔ Which question is appropriate
for a nurse to ask at the beginning of a mental health history?
a. Have you been feeling anxious or sad?
b. How have you been feeling about yourself?
c. Are you alone a lot, do you have friends?
d. How are you dealing with stressors in your life?
Do you have allergies? - correct answer ✔✔ A patient has a history of clear nasal drainage.
Which is a question you should ask?
a. Is there a foul odor coming from your nose?
b. Do you get nosebleeds?
c. Do you snore when you sleep?
d. Do you have allergies?
Vesicular. - correct answer ✔✔ Which breath sounds are expected over the posterior chest of
an adult?
a. Vesicular.
b. Bronchovesicular.
c. Bronchial.
d. Bronchoalveolar.
Wheeze. - correct answer ✔✔ Narrowing of the bronchi create which adventitious breath
sound?
